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The ‘Growing up in the online world’ consultation closes on 26 May 2026. What’s being proposed will make the Internet riskier, not safer. This includes: Expansion of online ID checks – Age verification goes beyond adult content with privacy-invasive checkpoints hitting lawful spaces. VPN restrictions – Making access dependent on ID checks threatens cybersecurity. Internet curfews – Blocking content or services after certain times entrenches ID checks. Social media ban – Banning under-16s is only possible by checking the age of every user.

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The ‘Growing up in the online world’ consultation closes on 26 May 2026. What’s being proposed will make the Internet riskier, not safer. This includes: Expansion of online ID checks – Age verification goes beyond adult content with privacy-invasive checkpoints hitting lawful spaces. VPN restrictions – Making access dependent on ID checks threatens cybersecurity. Internet curfews – Blocking content or services after certain times entrenches ID checks. Social media ban – Banning under-16s is only possible by checking the age of every user.
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Open Rights Group (openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org)'s status on Saturday, 23-May-2026 04:04:04 JST Open Rights Group

4 DAYS LEFT ⏰️
There's not much time left to push back on the expansion of online ID checks across yet more of the Internet.
The only way to block young people is to run checks on everyone. The sheer amount of sensitive data that represents is 🤯
Have your say in the UK consultation by 26 May ➡️ https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation
#onlinesafety #privacy #ageverification #digitalID #ukpolitics #ukpol

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